Monday December 30, 2002 at 06:26 pm

Just got back from Circles and I am now $40 poorer, and 7 records deeper in the crate. When I talked to Derrick they said they didn’t have “Cry Me a River”, but the 1^st thing I saw on the “Wall O’ Wax”, as I call it, was the new single. However I only discovered later as I skimmed through every column of wax on the record shelf that the release they have is entirely remixes. I’ll have to see when I get home if it’s a house mix or a club edit of the original with extended intros and breakdowns.

With only 20 minutes allotted to actually browse I grabbed everything of interest and then narrowed down to essentials before checking out. And the finalists are:

1) Nelly – Hot In Here (granted I now hate this song, it gets people dancing and I needed a double as the into is a bitch to mix in by itself)

2) Fabolous – This Is My Party (New jam, has a tight beat, I opted to get this earlier as a free promo but the record company shipped me Blue Cantrell – Breathe instead)

3) J-Lo – Jenny From the Block (As previously stated, need the instrumental, and now I have something to mix into if I want to get back onto the Mix Factor record without having to play and entirely different song between the two)

4) Justin Timberlake – Cry Me a River (Club mixes by Dirty Vegas, Johnny Fiasco, and Bill Hamel. This one doesn’t sound like it’ll be a extended mix, but hey you never know!)

5) 2x Missy Elliott – Work It (Gotta have the doubles nowadays)

6) D12 – Purple Pills (Yeah I know, not very clubby, but hey none of Eminem’s are, but people like to hear so I guess I have to play it)

Now that I’ve got all that done I can continue with the agenda as previously postponed due to illness.

Make sure the power adapter and all RCA’s are packed for the mixers

A) Buy new wax ->DONE

B)Organize new wax with old wax

C) Practice session with new wax and organize at least a smooth 1 hr Hip Hop set with play list

a. Record the session to use a filler ->Not gonna happen

D) Practice session with House implement new tracks in club session section

a. If time permits, setup 2 hr club mix

E)Burn a CD with whatever music I don’t have on wax just in case

F) Pack up tables

Make sure the power adapter and all RCA’s are packed for the mixers

G) Pack up the records

a. Big Red – House/Trance/Progressive

b. Old big bag – Hip Hop

c.8 Ball – Scratch N’ Breaks, Specialty

H) Remember to write down the track list for the CD’s so I don’t forget what’s on them.

I) Find “ Da Hiznitcha” Double CD set (was to be a demo tape but since I was a little drunk at the time I forgot to stop the recording and went for 3 hrs 45 min nonstop, and turned out to be the best mix tape/CD I’ve ever made)

Da Hiznitcha 2k1 — (circa 2001) by Djmgyx on Mixcloud

J) Get batteries for the Disc-Man and pack with the Bag O’(a backpack with almost any conceivable wire, adapter, extension cord, I could possible need to hook up the equipment to any audio amp/receiver setup)

K) Pack up the Gemini mixer, incase the Stanton craps out

Make sure the power adapter and all RCA’s are packed for the mixers

L) Pack a pen and notepad for requests

a. If SK-2F craps out use pen and paper to right a solemn vow to buy a new mixer or find Dj Focus, and have him fix mine

M)Swap out the needles on the Ortofon’s

N)Pack the spare needles in Bag O’

O)Pack the Roland’s and cables for monitoring

P) Pack the backup headset

Q) Pack a can of air and a cloth for wipe down of wax

R) Pack the still and video camera in Bag O’ with extra batteries

S)Pack extra power strips

T)Pray!

Have it all packed before I go to work and make sure the power adapter and all RCA’s are packed for the mixers

Yeah so if you can’t tell I kinda forgot one of the cables at my last gig. So this time I’m going to make sure to have it all. Also I think it’s time to invest in bigger Bag O’, I haven’t quite decided to use one of my smaller duffle bags of if I should go grab another giant bag like the one I bought for $20 for my trip to Sacramento a few years ago. When I bought it I thought it was going to barely be bigger than a standard duffel bag, but once I started loading it, I found that the room just never ran out, and I have yet to be able to pack the entire thing. Having a lot of room is good, but at the same time can be a pain in my ass when I’m dealing with a compact setup location, either way I’ll figure it out when the time comes. So once I’m done with the checklist, all I have to do is pray nothing goes disastrously wrong like my 1^st solo gig (I got in an car accident 2 ½ hrs before my gig), and everything should go smoothly!